* The Bohn illustrations that we posted last week prompted a BigLorryBlog reader to send in photos of a very unusual Perth, Australia-based semi-trailer bus, which looks similar to the plywood bus we posted a few months ago.

* Last week’s link to the Brazilian Ford trucks prompted Gene Herman to forward me this link to an excellent history on IKA, including not only Kaiser’s familiar automobiles and Jeeps, but also some interesting Kaiser funeral cars seen only in Argentina.

* Oh, one more. While prepping their story on the history of Mercury, CNN asked us if we had a good pic of a ’49 Mercury lead sled. Of course, we had this great action shot from our last cruise night to share with them.

The street rod (with “Awsom 50″ plate, as you may recall) was the personal property of car guy Stallone (he once owned an original AC Cobra, and currently has a stable that includes a Ferrari 612 Scag, a hideously highly customized Mustang GT, Deuce-style streetrod and others), and turned up consigned to a Monterrey auction this summer. Last night, celebrity gossip site TMZ reported that the car had actually been stolen from Stallone’s garage in 1994 and while he knew its whereabouts, never managed to recover it. But after seeing the car at Monterrey, Stallone and his lawyer first apparently got Lot S101 withdrawn from the sale – our records show it never crossed the block – and then, on November 25, filed a lawsuit inÂ L.A. County Superior Court for its return, along with $3 million in damages.

A hearing in Sylvester Stallone vs. Ray Claridge, DBA Cinema Vehicle Services (which has what appears to be a Starsky & Hutch Torino, by the way), has been scheduled for March 16–if you’re in Santa Monica, drop by the courthouse and let us know what happens. There will be a whole lot of questions to be answered of the “If you knew where it was FOR 15 YEARS, why didn’t you report it stolen and get a warrant?” variety, but this time he’s going for a subtle solution.